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Recruitment, Preparation, and Retention of Rural Special Education Personnel, Focusing on Teachers on Emergency Certificates, Paraprofessionals, and Community College Graduates |
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CFDA Number: |
84.325H |
Program Name: |
Personnel Preparation to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities |
Competition Name: |
Improving the Preparation of Personnel to Serve Children with High-Incidence Disabilities |
Project Number: |
H325H990023 |
Project Director: |
Jephson, Melanie |
Organization: |
Stephen F. Austin State University
Dept. of Human Services, P.O. Box 13019 -- SFA
Nacogdoches, Texas 75962
936-468-2549 |
Beginning Date: |
1999-09-01 |
Ending Date: |
2003-08-31 |
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Abstract |
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Purpose: This project will implement a new rural special education training project, targeting trainees from 82 rural and high poverty school districts in the Deep East Texas area. |
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Method: The project will address the chronic shortage of fully qualified special education teachers in rural East Texas by preparing undergraduate students for the Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies with a general Special Education teaching certificate and post-baccalaureate level students for that certificate or for endorsement. Special emphasis will be placed on incorporating materials on rural special education that focus on improving results for children with learning disabilities, mental retardation, and emotional disturbance; on meeting the special needs of such students in inclusive settings; and on recruiting teacher trainees who are culturally diverse. The project will incorporate distance learning into its curriculum to deliver quality instruction to school personnel who are unable to travel to on-campus training areas. |
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Children to benefit from this
project: |
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Age: |
Elementary/Middle, Secondary |
Disability: |
Specific Learning Disabilities, Mental Retardation: Mild/Moderate, Serious Emotional Disturbance |
Severity of Disability: |
Not Specified |
Ethnicity: |
Not Specified |
Geographic location: |
Rural |
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Personnel Preparation Program Information: |
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Academic Degree to be Received: |
Bachelors |
Program Focus: |
Teachers |
Trainee Ethnicity: |
Minority (Non-specific) |
